Art

  • Budai
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Standing Buddha
  • Head of a Monk
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Empress Jito, from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Standing Tara
  • Hotei
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Stupa
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers, fragment of a baluster
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Six Persimmons
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Bodhidharma
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Travel Shrine
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Stupa
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas

Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas

This scroll shows the great Tibetan tantric master Padmasambhava. He is said to have travelled to Tibet in the 8th century in order to establish Buddhism there. Legend has it that he first conquered the demons and deities of the reigning Bon faith and forced them to serve as protectors of Buddhism from then on. Here he is displayed as a high-ranking teacher and founder of the Nyingma School. The figure is depicted in a lively fashion and with much attention to detail. Padmasambhava is embedded in a landscape of mountains and flowers and surrounded by several deities.